S.Amdt. 1919

SA 1919. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cotton, and Ms.
Ernst) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new
Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research,
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical
supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT OF CERTAIN WAIVERS OF
OBLIGATIONS UNDER AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED
ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.

(a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative may
not propose or vote to support at the Ministerial Conference
or the General Council the granting of a waiver of
obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights referred to in section
101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)) relating to copyrights, patents, industrial designs,
or undisclosed data for COVID-19 vaccines.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``Ministerial
Conference'' and ``General Council'' have the meanings given
those terms in section 121 of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act (19 U.S.C. 3531).

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